Chapter 412: Reaching His Parents (R-18)
A middle-aged man read the scroll and looked toward the woman in front of him.
"What do you think? He’s making another big wave and this time in the Atria Empire. His story is always grand and causes a sensation across the continent," he said.
He was Grand Duke Rivas, sitting in the garden of the Rivas mansion, admiring the scenery with his beloved daughter, Irene. After hearing the full report about her son, Irene couldn’t help but feel proud. However, worry quickly followed—Aldrian had essentially declared war on the second prince of the Atria Empire and involved himself in the civil war.
"Why does my opinion matter? I truly don’t know what’s going through his mind or fully understand what he wants to do," she replied.
Grand Duke Rivas looked at her strangely but still accepted her answer. Ever since he parted ways with Aldrian, he had continued to hear about his achievements and strength in the Vindas Empire. The chaos following the purging of devils after the Larson family incident had also left him astonished.
He had heard that Aldrian slew a massive, unidentified beast with a cultivation at the high emperor stage in a single slash and helped the fallen Duclan family seek justice.
All of this had also prompted the Avandi imperial family to launch a large-scale purge of the devils—something he believed had the young man’s hand in it as well.
He had long realized that Aldrian was the mysterious swordsman, after the repeated, obvious hints from the past while the young man was still in the Doria Empire. This only added to his amazement.
His opinion of Aldrian was no longer as biased as it had been before meeting him, and his wariness toward him had also diminished. From what he knew, Aldrian did not share that kind of relationship with his daughter. However, a thought crossed his mind—what if that young man could be paired with her?
Aldrian was the most capable young man he had ever met, and in his eyes, the most worthy candidate to be his daughter’s spouse.
Even His Majesty, the emperor, spoke highly of Aldrian every time they met. It seemed as though the emperor was deliberately trying to build a positive image of Aldrian in his mind—and it worked, as he also trusted the emperor’s judgment.